The document discusses acid-base balance and disorders. It defines acids and bases, and explains how the body maintains acid-base balance through buffers, respiratory regulation, and renal regulation. It describes the four major acid-base disorders: respiratory acidosis, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, and metabolic alkalosis. For each disorder it provides the primary cause, effects on bicarbonate and pH levels, and examples of compensatory mechanisms and potential treatments.
3. Objectives
Definition of ACID and BASE
Understand importance of maintaining acid-base balance.
Understand different ways the body maintains acid base balance
To diferentiat the acid-base disorders
To understand the anesthetic consideration in patient with alkalosis and
acidosis
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4. Some definitions
• An acid is a molecule that releases hydrogen
ions in solution
• A base is a molecule that can accept a
hydrogen ion
• A buffer is a substance that can reversibly bind
hydrogen ions and it contain weak acid and its
conjugate base or weak base and its conjugate
acid
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5. Clinical disorder
We will use the suffix –osis to denote any pathological
process that affect arterial PH
Use the suffix –emia to denote net effect of all primary
process and componsetory mechanism on arterial PH
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6. ACID-BASE BALANCE
• Acid - Base balance is primarily
concerned with two ions:
– Hydrogen (H+)
– Bicarbonate (HCO3
- )
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H+ HCO3
-
8. ACID-BASE REGULATION
• Maintenance of an acceptable pH range in the extracellular fluids is accomplished
by three mechanisms:
– 1) Chemical Buffers
• React very rapidly
(less than a second)
– 2) Respiratory Regulation
• Reacts rapidly (seconds to minutes)
– 3) Renal Regulation
• Reacts slowly (minutes to hours)
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9. ACID-BASE REGULATION
Body buffers
• Chemical Buffers
– The body uses pH buffers in the blood to guard against sudden changes in acidity
– A pH buffer works chemically to minimize changes in the pH of a solution
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Buffer
10. Physiologic Buffers
Oppose significant changes in pH
Bicarbonate/Carbonic acid system
Located primarily in RBCs
H+ + HCO3
- H2CO3 H2O + CO2
Intracellular protein buffers
Phosphate buffers
Located within bone
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11. CONT………..
Their effect depends on there concentration
Since H extraceluraly exchange Na and intraceluraly
exchange k
Acid load demenaralize the bone
Alkine load increase deposition of carbonate in the bone
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13. ACID-BASE REGULATION
• Respiratory Regulation
– When breathing is increased,
the blood carbon dioxide level
decreases and the blood
becomes more Base
– When breathing is decreased,
the blood carbon dioxide level
increases and the blood becomes more Acidic
– By adjusting the speed and depth of breathing, the respiratory control centers and lungs
are able to regulate the blood pH minute by minute
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14. ACID-BASE REGULATION
• Kidney Regulation
– Excess acid is excreted by the kidneys, largely in
the form of ammonia
– The kidneys have some ability to alter the amount
of acid or base that is excreted, but this generally
takes several days
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15. RENAL RESPONSE
• The kidney compensates for Acid - Base imbalance within 24 hours and is
responsible for long term control
• The kidney in response:
– To Acidosis
• Retains bicarbonate ions and eliminates
hydrogen ions
– To Alkalosis
• Eliminates bicarbonate ions and retains
hydrogen ions
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16. HYPERKALEMIA
• Hyperkalemia is generally associated with acidosis
– Accompanied by a shift of H+ ions into
cells and K+ ions out of the cell to
maintain electrical neutrality
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H+ K+
17. HYPERKALEMIA
Hyperkalemia is an elevated serum K+
H+ ions are buffered in cell by proteins
Acidosis may cause Hyperkalemia and Hyperkalemia may cause Acidosis
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H+ K+
18. HYPOKALEMIA
• Hypokalemia is generally associated with reciprocal exchanges of H+ and K+ in
the opposite direction
– Associated with alkalosis
• Hypokalemia is a depressed serum K+
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H+ K+
19. Maintaining Acid-Base
Balance
Controlled by the Lungs, Kidneys and Buffers
Disrupted by Vomiting, Diarrhea, Respiratory Failure,
Kidney Failure, Infections and Ingestions
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20. Organs involved in the regulation of
A-B-balance
Equilibrium with plasma
High buffer capacity
Haemoglobin – main buffer for CO2
Excretion of CO2 by alveolar ventilation: minimally
12,000 mmol/day
Reabsorption of filtered bicarbonate: 4,000 to 5,000
mmol/day
Excretion of the fixed acids (acid anion and associated
H+): about 100 mmol/day
21. Organs involved in the regulation of
A-B-balance
CO2 production from complete oxidation of substrates
20% of the body’s daily production
metabolism of organic acid anions
such as lactate, ketones and amino acids
metabolism of ammonium
conversion of NH4
+ to urea in the liver results in an
equivalent production of H+
Production of plasma proteins
esp. albumin contributing to the anion gap
Bone inorganic matrix consists of hydroxyapatite
crystals (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2]
bone can take up H+ in exchange for Ca2+, Na+ and K+
(ionic exchange) or release of HCO3
-, CO3
- or HPO4
2-
22. Principles of Acid-Base
Disorders
Kidneys, Lungs and Buffers maintain serum pH between
7.36 and 7.44
Blood pH is determined by the ratio of serum
bicarbonate concentration ([HCO3
-]) and partial
pressure of CO2 (PaCO2)
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23. ACIDOSIS / ALKALOSIS
• An abnormality in one or more of the pH control mechanisms can cause one of
two major disturbances in Acid-Base balance
– Acidosis
– Alkalosis
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24. Acid-Base Disorders
Metabolic acid-base disorders and secondary metabolic
compensation alter [HCO3
-]
Respiratory acid-base disorders and secondary
respiratory compensation alter (PaCO2)
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25. Acid-Base Disorders
Subtle changes in pH cause large shifts in acid-base pair
Determines how drugs disperse and bind and how
enzymes react
Proteins function within narrow spectrum of pH
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26. Acid-Base Disorders
Acidemia: serum pH < 7.36
Alkalemia: serum pH > 7.44
Acidosis: pathologic process that lowers
[HCO3
-] or raises PaCO2
Alkalosis: pathologic process that raises
[HCO3
-] or lowers PaCO2
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27. ACIDOSIS / ALKALOSIS
• Deviations from normal Acid-Base status are divided into four general
categories, depending on the source and direction of the abnormal change in
H+ concentrations
– Respiratory Acidosis
– Respiratory Alkalosis
– Metabolic Acidosis
– Metabolic Alkalosis
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28. ACIDOSIS / ALKALOSIS
• Acidosis and Alkalosis are categorized as Metabolic or Respiratory depending on
their primary cause
– Metabolic Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis
• caused by an imbalance in the production
and excretion of acids or bases by the
kidneys
– Respiratory Acidosis and Respiratory
Alkalosis
• caused primarily by lung or breathing
disorders
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29. Respiratory Acidosis
Decreased pH due to pulmonary CO2 retention
Excess H2CO3 production leads to acidemia
H+ + HCO3
- H2CO3 H2O + CO2
Acute respiratory acidosis has normal HCO3
-
Chronic respiratory acidosis has elevated HCO3
- due to
renal retention
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35. Respiratory Acidosis
Compensation
• Acute
– HCO3
- production from intracellular proteins
– [HCO3
-] increases 1mEq/L for every 10mm Hg rise in PaCO2
• Chronic
– Renal retention of HCO3
-
– [HCO3
-] increases 3.5mEq/L for every 10mm Hg rise in PaCO2
– Takes 12 hours to many days for renal retention of HCO3
-
– Nearly normalizes pH
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36. Management
• Correct the minute ventilation
– Establish airway
– Re-expand the lung
– Correct the CNS disease
– Bronchodilators
– Antibiotics
• Chronic respiratory acidosis
– Progressive decrease in sensitivity to CO2 by respiratory
centers
– Cautious use of oxygen, because may lose hypoxic
respiratory drive and develop CO2 narcosis
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37. Respiratory Alkalosis
Increased minute ventilation leads to decreased PaCO2
and alkalosis
Acute respiratory alkalosis has normal HCO3
-
Chronic respiratory alkalosis has decreased HCO3
- due to
renal compensation
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39. Respiratory Alkalosis
What causes Respiratory Alkalosis?
Anything that increases your minute ventilation
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40. RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
• Cause is Hyperventilation
– Leads to eliminating excessive amounts of
CO2
– Increased loss of CO2 from the lungs at a
rate faster than it is produced
– Decrease in H+
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43. Respiratory Alkalosis
Compensation
Acute
Plasma [HCO3
-] is lowered by 2mEq/L for every 10-mm Hg
decrease in PaCO2
Chronic
Plasma [HCO3
-] is lowered by 5mEq/L for every 10-mm Hg
decrease in PaCO2
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44. Metabolic Acidosis
Acidemia created by increase in [H+] or decrease in
[HCO3
-]
Compensated for by hyperventilation to reduce PaCO2
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45. Metabolic Acidosis
Divided into elevated Anion Gap and normal Anion Gap
AG = Na+ - (Cl- + HCO3
-)
Normal = 12 +/- 3 mEq/L
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51. Metabolic Alkalosis
Treatment
Treat the underlying disorder
Correct potassium if needed
Give fluids if urine Cl- < 10mEq/L
Consider acetazolamide if edematous, will increase HCO3
-
secretion
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52. Mixed Disorders
Sometimes more than one acid-base disorder is present
Metabolic and respiratory processes can both be present
Respiratory acidosis cannot be present with respiratory
alkalosis
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54. Anesthetic consideration
related to acid-base balance
anesthetic consideration in patient with acidosis
-acidemia can potentiate the depressant effect of
most sedative and anesthetic agents on CNS and
circulatory system
Increase sedation and depression of airway reflexes
predispose to pulmonary aspiration
Circulatory depressent effect of both volatile and IV
anesthetica is also exagerated
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55. Halothene is the most arrythmogenic in presence of
acidosis
Succinylcholine should generally be avoidedin presence
of acidic patients
Respiratory acidosis augumented non depolarising
neuromuscular blockade and may prevent its
antagonism by reversal agent
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57. Anesthetic consideration
patient with alkalemia
Respiratory alkalosis prolong the duration of opoid
induced respiratory depression
This effect result from increased protien binding of
opoid
Then cerebral ischemia can occur
Respiratory alkalosis mainly occur during
hypoventilation
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58. The combination of alkalemia and hypokalemia can
precipitate severe atrial and ventricular arrythmia
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59. Diagnosis of acid base
disorder
1.examine atrial PH
2.examine Paco2
3.if arterial PH and Paco2 is not changed then look for
Hco3
4.make tentative diagnosis
5.compare the change
6.if compensatory mechanism is more or less expected
by definition a mixed A-B balance exist
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60. 7.calculate plasma anion Gap in case of metabolic
acidosis
8.calculate urinary chloride concentration in case of
metabolic alkalosis
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61. ACIDOSIS
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decreased
removal of
CO2 from
lungs
failure of
kidneys to
excrete
acids
metabolic
acid
production
of keto acids
absorption of
metabolic acids
from GI tract
prolonged
diarrhea
accumulation
of CO2 in blood
accumulation
of acid in blood
excessive loss
of NaHCO3
from blood
metabolic
acidosis
deep
vomiting
from
GI tract
kidney
disease
(uremia)
increase in
plasma H+
concentration
depression of
nervous system
accumulation
of CO2 in blood
accumulation
of acid in blood
excessive loss
of NaHCO3
from blood
respiratory
acidosis
63. IN SUMMERY Four Main Acid-Base
Disorders
Disorder Primary
Alteration
Secondary
Response
Mechanism of
Response
Metabolic
Acidosis
in plasma
HCO3
in plasma
pCO2
Hyperventilation
Metabolic
Alkalosis
in plasma
HCO3
increase in
pCO2
Hypoventilation
Respiratory
Acidosis
in plasma
pCO2
in plasma
HCO3
Increase in acid
excretion; increase in
reabsorption of HCO3
Respiratory
Alkalosis
in plasma
pCO2
in plasma
HCO3
Suppression of acid
excretion; decrease in
reabsorption of HCO3
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